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Macon 6, Florence 2

          The Bacon led from the start and sealed it with two in the eighth, Macon taking advantage of 5 errors for 3 unearned runs.

          Houston County grad Gage Harrelson led Macon with 3 hits, 2 RBI, and 2 runs, Mercer’s Ty Dalley with 3 hits and 2 RBI.

          Four pitchers teamed for the win.

          Macon is at home for a Thursday night doubleheader, and hosts the Flaningos on Saturday in the regular-season home finale.   

 

Pro

⚾ ⚾ ⚾MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Cincinnati 9, Atlanta 4; Second game ppd.

 

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Honor Roll

Six Central Georgia Tech athletes honored

Georgia College women’s tennis players cited

And some men, too

 

Around/About Georgia

Game 2 postponed after Reds win Game 1 vs. Braves

Hawks rookie Djurisic sidelined until at least November following surgery on left foot

Georgia Tech opens up practice

Beck ready to benefit from helmet radio, iPad technology

Georgia Southern implementing new mindset, feel it will equate to full season of success

UGA baseball gets good news

Falcons make some moves

Baseball/MLB

Contrary to popular belief, Pirates manager Shelton is doing a decent job

Kepler’s infield single in the 9th gives Twins a 5-4, walk-off win over the NL-leading Phillies

Doyle hits 1st career grand slam, Rockies tie franchise record for runs

College Sports, the changing landscape

How college sports video games became the entry point to dismantle the NCAA’s amateurism rules

Sources: NCAA to increase scholarships for sports; football roster limit will be 105

Media Days

Why Cristobal thinks Hurricanes will be better in close games

Duke’s Diaz talks D, replacing Elko

Riley brushes off criticism, insists USC is still a power

Big Ten media days provide formal welcome to USC, UCLA and other former Pac-12 schools

BC’s O’Brien, Duke’s Diaz make quick push to connect with players after taking new jobs

Ferentz still committed to Iowa after watching friends Bill Belichick, Nick Saban move on

For Big 10, football makes the rules, and that’s not changing even as everything else does

4 things we learned about Ohio State from Big Ten media days

College Football/South

Spurrier: Florida State 'definitely belongs in the SEC' amid uncertain future with ACC

Biggest Florida rival: UGA, FSU, or …?

A popular punching bag, Kiffin is landing some KOs of his own

A look at Mississippi State’s running back competition

Swinney, and others, wouldn’t mind a Finebaum in the ACC

Louisiana Tech QB room filled with some size

College Football

10 things to know about the new Big Ten

WNBA

WNBA announces landmark 11-year media rights deal with Disney, Amazon Prime and NBC

Olympics/Olympic sports

Coco Gauff to be female flag bearer for US at opening ceremony, joining James

Getting started at the Paris Olympics

Olympics schedule

France beats US 3-0 and Morocco gets a win against Argentina in a wild start to Olympic soccer

Israel’s national anthem loudly jeered before Olympic soccer match against Mali

Olympic soccer gets off to violent and chaotic start as Morocco fans rush the field vs Argentina

Biles, Osaka and Phelps spoke up about mental health. Has anything changed for the Paris Olympics?

Basketball/NBA

NBA says it has signed new 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon, dismisses TNT’s matching offer

TNT vows to take 'appropriate action'

Golf

Analysis: Xander Schauffele is now in the conversation with Scheffler for best year in golf

Americans are on a roll again in the major championships

Football/NFL/USFL

Biggest questions for all 32 teams: Contract situations, QB conundrums and more

For all the glamour around Chiefs, to Andy Reid it's all about the cinder blocks

Sprains, strains and ACL tears. What to know about some of NFL players’ most common injuries

49ers have no intention of dealing Brandon Aiyuk despite his trade request

NFL’s expansion to an 18-game regular season seems inevitable: Analysis

Kamara reports for Saints camp despite dissatisfaction with his contract

Hurts, Sirianni say all is peaceful between QB and Coach at Eagles’ training camp

Jackson returns from illness to participate in part of Baltimore’s practice

Bills GM Beane opens camp questioning Allen’s latest anonymous critic

Steelers begin new era on offense with Wilson at QB and Harris trying to prove value

Vikings CB Blackmon tears ACL in opening practice of training camp, AP source says

 

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games